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How cultures are studied / Coast Telecourses ; produced by the Coast Community College in cooperation with Holt, Rinehart and Winston ... [and others] ; producer, Ira R. Abrams ; script and additional narration by Napoleon A. Chagnon.
Penn Museum Library VHS GN346 .H69 1994
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Faces of culture ; 203.
- Faces of culture ; 203
- Language:
- English
- South American Indian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--Fieldwork.
- Anthropology.
- Participant observation.
- Anthropologists--Attitudes.
- Anthropologists.
- Indians of South America--Social life and customs.
- Indians of South America.
- Yanomamo Indians--Social life and customs.
- Yanomamo Indians.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Insight Media, distributor, 1994.
- Language Note:
- In English or Yanomamo with subtitles in English.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- mono
- VHS
- Summary:
- The nature and difficulties encountered in anthropological field work are explored. Napoleon Chagnon is both writer and guide to his 1970's field work among the Yanomamo Indians of Venezuela illustrating his understanding of cultural relativism and his employment of participant observation.
- Participant:
- Narrator, David Carradine.
- Credits:
- Editor, Jonathan Pontell.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 249392394
- Publisher Number:
- C01-203 Insight Media
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